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64,578 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Lynwood, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$74,844
2020-24
▲ 43%
relative change
$52,213 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
9.8%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
7.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.0%
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
71.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
13.2%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
15.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
47.8%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
54.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.40
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
0.41 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Lynwood, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
27.0%
2020-24
▼ 39%
relative change
44.2% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
21.4%
2019-23
▲ 6%
relative change
20.2% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
14.4%
2020-24
▲ 59%
relative change
9.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
29.0%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
26.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
47.8%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
45.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
17.4%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
17.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.4%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
5.9% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
53.3%
2020-24
▲ 39%
relative change
38.4% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
25.4%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
28.2% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Population
64,578
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
70,635 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$628,142
Jun 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$600,342 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$693,082
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$668,556 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
64.2%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
55.8% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Household income rose about 43% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $52,213 to $74,844 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,797). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 78% from 2014 to 2024 ($41,930 to $74,844).
$74,844
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Malden, MA $100,606 13th +52% 1st 16% above peers
Brentwood, NY $111,572 12th +51% 2nd 28% above peers
St. Cloud, FL $83,174 18th +50% 3rd 4% below peers
Port Orange, FL $74,426 22nd +43% 4th 14% below peers
Lynwood, CA $74,844 21st +43% 5th 14% below peers
Sanford, FL $66,891 25th +42% 6th 23% below peers
Utica, NY $52,484 29th +39% 7th 40% below peers
Millcreek, UT $98,045 14th +36% 8th 13% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $142,779 2nd +32% 9th 64% above peers
Muncie, IN $44,471 31st +31% 10th 49% below peers
Bellevue, NE $85,462 17th +31% 11th 2% below peers
Brentwood, CA $142,494 3rd +31% 12th 64% above peers
South San Francisco, CA $136,578 7th +30% 13th 57% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $140,452 5th +29% 14th 61% above peers
Four Corners, FL $72,879 23rd +27% 15th 16% below peers
Lorain, OH $48,685 30th +27% 16th 44% below peers
San Clemente, CA $140,062 6th +27% 17th 61% above peers
Waltham, MA $120,216 10th +25% 18th 38% above peers
West Hartford, CT $129,890 8th +25% 19th 49% above peers
Victoria, TX $67,226 24th +24% 20th 23% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN $88,251 15th +24% 21st 1% above peers
Reston, VA $148,710 1st +24% 22nd 71% above peers
Cheyenne, WY $78,839 20th +22% 23rd 9% below peers
Moore, OK $80,420 19th +22% 24th 8% below peers
Brookline, MA $142,101 4th +21% 25th 63% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $52,707 28th +21% 26th 39% below peers
Burnsville, MN $87,024 16th +18% 27th on par with peers
Huntersville, NC $120,516 9th +18% 28th 38% above peers
Hamilton, OH $55,166 27th +17% 29th 37% below peers
Kenner, LA $64,020 26th +16% 30th 26% below peers
Rowlett, TX $112,081 11th +11% 31st 29% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,843 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 67% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment held steady from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 5.7% in May 2026, up from 5.6% a year earlier.
5.7%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Hamilton, OH 3.0% (May 26) 3rd -1.6pp 1st 25% below peers
Lorain, OH 3.8% (May 26) 10th -1.5pp 2nd 5% below peers
Muncie, IN 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.5pp 3rd on par with peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.1% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 4th 22% below peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% (May 26) 5th -0.4pp 5th 22% below peers
Brentwood, CA 4.1% (May 26) 17th -0.3pp 6th 2% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.3pp 7th 18% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 2.8% (May 26) 1st -0.3pp 8th 30% below peers
Bellevue, NE 2.9% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 9th 28% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.1% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 10th 22% below peers
Waltham, MA 3.7% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 11th 7% below peers
Malden, MA 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.1pp 12th on par with peers
Kenner, LA 3.8% (May 26) 11th +0.0pp 13th 5% below peers
Millcreek, UT 3.3% (May 26) 8th +0.0pp 14th 18% below peers
Lynwood, CA 5.7% (May 26) 25th +0.1pp 15th 43% above peers
Victoria, TX 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.2pp 16th 2% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.3pp 17th 2% above peers
Rowlett, TX 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 18th on par with peers
Burnsville, MN 4.1% (May 26) 20th +0.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 3.9% (May 26) 12th +0.5pp 20th 3% below peers
Utica, NY 4.9% (May 26) 23rd +0.7pp 21st 23% above peers
Port Orange, FL 4.5% (May 26) 21st +0.9pp 22nd 12% above peers
Sanford, FL 4.6% (May 26) 22nd +1.1pp 23rd 15% above peers
Moore, OK 4.0% (May 26) 16th +1.2pp 24th on par with peers
St. Cloud, FL 5.1% (May 26) 24th +1.3pp 25th 27% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (17.2% then, 17.4% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.9% to 17.4%).
17.4%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Brentwood, NY 6.5% 7th -5.5pp 1st 25% below peers
Sanford, FL 11.7% 23rd -7.1pp 2nd 35% above peers
Brookline, MA 8.6% 15th -3.3pp 3rd 1% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.0% 1st -1.2pp 4th 65% below peers
Malden, MA 11.3% 22nd -4.1pp 5th 31% above peers
Port Orange, FL 10.9% 20th -3.9pp 6th 27% above peers
Bellevue, NE 7.7% 11th -2.6pp 7th 11% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 10.0% 17th -3.1pp 8th 16% above peers
Four Corners, FL 10.4% 18th -3.3pp 9th 21% above peers
Reston, VA 5.7% 2nd -1.2pp 10th 34% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 8.6% 16th -1.5pp 11th on par with peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.1% 28th -3.4pp 12th 132% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 6.4% 6th -0.8pp 13th 26% below peers
Kenner, LA 15.3% 24th -1.9pp 14th 77% above peers
Millcreek, UT 7.7% 10th -0.7pp 15th 11% below peers
Muncie, IN 25.9% 30th -2.1pp 16th 200% above peers
Utica, NY 26.6% 31st -1.6pp 17th 208% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.1% 4th -0.2pp 18th 29% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 6.7% 9th -0.2pp 19th 22% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 6.7% 8th -0.1pp 20th 23% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.2% 5th -0.0pp 21st 28% below peers
Lorain, OH 24.9% 29th +0.1pp 22nd 188% above peers
Waltham, MA 8.3% 13th +0.1pp 23rd 4% below peers
Lynwood, CA 17.4% 25th +0.2pp 24th 101% above peers
Victoria, TX 17.9% 26th +0.8pp 25th 107% above peers
San Clemente, CA 5.8% 3rd +0.5pp 26th 33% below peers
Hamilton, OH 19.1% 27th +2.4pp 27th 120% above peers
Moore, OK 11.3% 21st +2.8pp 28th 31% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 8.2% 12th +2.1pp 29th 5% below peers
Brentwood, CA 8.3% 14th +2.5pp 30th 4% below peers
Burnsville, MN 10.8% 19th +3.2pp 31st 25% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.7% then, 29.0% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.3% to 29.0%).
29.0%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Huntersville, NC 2.0% 1st -2.8pp 1st 84% below peers
Brentwood, NY 7.2% 8th -9.9pp 2nd 42% below peers
Sanford, FL 14.8% 21st -15.1pp 3rd 20% above peers
Bellevue, NE 8.1% 13th -5.8pp 4th 34% below peers
Brookline, MA 4.7% 3rd -2.8pp 5th 62% below peers
Port Orange, FL 12.7% 17th -6.8pp 6th 3% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 11th -4.0pp 7th 38% below peers
Four Corners, FL 15.5% 22nd -8.0pp 8th 25% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 13.1% 18th -6.6pp 9th 6% above peers
Millcreek, UT 5.7% 5th -2.7pp 10th 54% below peers
Reston, VA 6.6% 7th -2.9pp 11th 47% below peers
Malden, MA 13.2% 19th -5.7pp 12th 7% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.0% 14th -3.7pp 13th 27% below peers
Kenner, LA 20.1% 24th -8.2pp 14th 63% above peers
West Hartford, CT 5.2% 4th -2.0pp 15th 57% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 27.8% 27th -8.5pp 16th 125% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.8% 6th -1.7pp 17th 53% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 7.5% 10th -1.6pp 18th 39% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 9th -1.5pp 19th 40% below peers
Muncie, IN 30.3% 29th -4.3pp 20th 145% above peers
Utica, NY 39.4% 31st -5.4pp 21st 219% above peers
Rowlett, TX 8.0% 12th -0.9pp 22nd 35% below peers
San Clemente, CA 3.2% 2nd -0.3pp 23rd 74% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.7% 30th -0.9pp 24th 214% above peers
Victoria, TX 23.8% 25th +0.2pp 25th 93% above peers
Lynwood, CA 29.0% 28th +2.3pp 26th 135% above peers
Hamilton, OH 27.6% 26th +3.0pp 27th 124% above peers
Brentwood, CA 9.7% 15th +1.5pp 28th 21% below peers
Burnsville, MN 14.4% 20th +2.6pp 29th 17% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 12.3% 16th +3.8pp 30th on par with peers
Moore, OK 17.5% 23rd +7.9pp 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Broadband rose 19.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 71.4% to 91.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 19.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (71.2% to 91.0%).
91.0%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lynwood, CA 91.0% 23rd +19.6pp 1st 3% below peers
Lorain, OH 83.4% 29th +14.2pp 2nd 11% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 86.8% 28th +14.0pp 3rd 8% below peers
Utica, NY 87.2% 27th +11.7pp 4th 7% below peers
Muncie, IN 87.7% 25th +11.0pp 5th 7% below peers
Kenner, LA 87.7% 26th +10.9pp 6th 7% below peers
Victoria, TX 82.1% 30th +9.5pp 7th 13% below peers
Four Corners, FL 94.8% 13th +11.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Port Orange, FL 93.3% 17th +9.9pp 9th 1% below peers
Sanford, FL 92.2% 21st +9.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Malden, MA 94.3% 14th +8.6pp 11th on par with peers
St. Cloud, FL 95.2% 10th +7.7pp 12th 1% above peers
Hamilton, OH 88.6% 24th +6.8pp 13th 6% below peers
Burnsville, MN 95.4% 9th +7.1pp 14th 1% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 95.7% 8th +6.3pp 15th 2% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 91.5% 22nd +6.0pp 16th 3% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 96.7% 5th +5.9pp 17th 3% above peers
Millcreek, UT 93.3% 19th +5.6pp 18th 1% below peers
Waltham, MA 94.0% 16th +5.4pp 19th on par with peers
Bellevue, NE 93.3% 18th +5.3pp 20th 1% below peers
West Hartford, CT 94.3% 15th +5.1pp 21st on par with peers
Moore, OK 95.1% 12th +5.0pp 22nd 1% above peers
Huntersville, NC 96.8% 4th +4.4pp 23rd 3% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 92.9% 20th +4.2pp 24th 1% below peers
Brentwood, CA 97.0% 2nd +3.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Rowlett, TX 98.1% 1st +2.9pp 26th 4% above peers
Brookline, MA 96.2% 7th +2.3pp 27th 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 95.1% 11th +2.2pp 28th 1% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 96.6% 6th +2.2pp 29th 3% above peers
Reston, VA 97.0% 3rd +2.0pp 30th 3% above peers
Brentwood, NY 77.6% 31st +1.3pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.41 then, 0.40 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.41 to 0.40).
0.40
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Sanford, FL 0.40 9th -0.062 1st 5% below peers
Victoria, TX 0.44 18th -0.044 2nd 2% above peers
Malden, MA 0.43 17th -0.040 3rd on par with peers
Brentwood, NY 0.40 6th -0.036 4th 7% below peers
Utica, NY 0.47 26th -0.035 5th 10% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 0.47 24th -0.030 6th 10% above peers
Muncie, IN 0.46 22nd -0.024 7th 8% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 0.42 15th -0.016 8th 1% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 0.47 23rd -0.017 9th 10% above peers
Reston, VA 0.41 12th -0.014 10th 3% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 0.39 3rd -0.011 11th 9% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.52 31st -0.013 12th 21% above peers
Port Orange, FL 0.42 13th -0.008 13th 2% below peers
Lynwood, CA 0.40 8th -0.006 14th 6% below peers
Lorain, OH 0.47 25th -0.004 15th 10% above peers
Burnsville, MN 0.40 7th +0.002 16th 6% below peers
Bellevue, NE 0.39 4th +0.004 17th 7% below peers
West Hartford, CT 0.47 27th +0.007 18th 10% above peers
Millcreek, UT 0.47 28th +0.009 19th 11% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 0.37 1st +0.008 20th 13% below peers
Huntersville, NC 0.41 10th +0.010 21st 5% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 0.43 16th +0.012 22nd on par with peers
San Clemente, CA 0.49 29th +0.015 23rd 14% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.41 11th +0.016 24th 4% below peers
Kenner, LA 0.49 30th +0.022 25th 15% above peers
Hamilton, OH 0.44 19th +0.022 26th 4% above peers
Rowlett, TX 0.38 2nd +0.022 27th 11% below peers
Moore, OK 0.40 5th +0.024 28th 7% below peers
Waltham, MA 0.44 20th +0.032 29th 4% above peers
Four Corners, FL 0.42 14th +0.054 30th 1% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 0.46 21st +0.059 31st 8% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (20.2% then, 21.4% now; margin ±3.3pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 4.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (17.3% to 21.4%).
21.4%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Cheyenne, WY 4.8% 5th -2.2pp 1st 37% below peers
Burnsville, MN 5.1% 7th -2.2pp 2nd 33% below peers
Reston, VA 3.6% 2nd -1.1pp 3rd 53% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.9% 17th -2.3pp 4th 16% above peers
Brentwood, NY 12.7% 20th -3.1pp 5th 66% above peers
Millcreek, UT 4.9% 6th -1.2pp 6th 36% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 7.2% 14th -1.6pp 7th 6% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.4% 12th -1.2pp 8th 16% below peers
Bellevue, NE 7.3% 15th -1.3pp 9th 5% below peers
Hamilton, OH 17.8% 27th -2.8pp 10th 133% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.5% 22nd -1.4pp 11th 77% above peers
Utica, NY 30.0% 31st -3.0pp 12th 293% above peers
Kenner, LA 13.0% 21st -0.8pp 13th 71% above peers
Lorain, OH 25.0% 30th -1.1pp 14th 227% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 15.1% 24th -0.7pp 15th 98% above peers
Port Orange, FL 9.2% 18th -0.2pp 16th 20% above peers
Sanford, FL 16.9% 26th -0.1pp 17th 121% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.4% 11th +0.1pp 18th 16% below peers
Lynwood, CA 21.4% 29th +1.2pp 19th 180% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.7% 23rd +1.1pp 20th 92% above peers
Muncie, IN 20.5% 28th +1.8pp 21st 168% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% 3rd +0.5pp 22nd 47% below peers
Malden, MA 15.9% 25th +2.3pp 23rd 108% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 16th +1.5pp 24th on par with peers
Moore, OK 12.1% 19th +2.7pp 25th 59% above peers
Brookline, MA 6.0% 10th +1.4pp 26th 22% below peers
Huntersville, NC 2.9% 1st +0.8pp 27th 62% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.7% 9th +1.6pp 28th 26% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 5.3% 8th +1.5pp 29th 31% below peers
Brentwood, CA 6.6% 13th +2.1pp 30th 13% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 4.2% 4th +1.6pp 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $693,082 in June 2026, up from $668,556 a year earlier.
$693,082
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Utica, NY $213,412 (Jun 26) 26th +8.8% 1st 46% below peers
Kenner, LA $274,207 (Jun 26) 23rd +6.2% 2nd 30% below peers
West Hartford, CT $515,170 (Jun 26) 14th +5.2% 3rd 32% above peers
Lorain, OH $158,944 (Jun 26) 28th +4.1% 4th 59% below peers
Brentwood, NY $633,120 (Jun 26) 12th +4.0% 5th 62% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $1,500,893 (Jun 26) 2nd +4.0% 6th 283% above peers
Lynwood, CA $693,082 (Jun 26) 9th +3.7% 7th 77% above peers
Hamilton, OH $310,584 (Jun 26) 21st +3.6% 8th 21% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $391,685 (Jun 26) 15th +3.5% 9th on par with peers
Muncie, IN $158,760 (Jun 26) 29th +3.4% 10th 59% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $170,641 (Jun 26) 27th +3.2% 11th 56% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN $337,326 (Jun 26) 20th +3.0% 12th 14% below peers
Millcreek, UT $645,592 (Jun 26) 10th +2.9% 13th 65% above peers
Bellevue, NE $302,976 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.8% 14th 23% below peers
San Clemente, CA $1,750,993 (Jun 26) 1st +2.8% 15th 347% above peers
Burnsville, MN $375,754 (Jun 26) 16th +2.7% 16th 4% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $1,230,345 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.6% 17th 214% above peers
Malden, MA $694,637 (Jun 26) 8th +1.5% 18th 77% above peers
Waltham, MA $841,319 (Jun 26) 6th +1.0% 19th 115% above peers
Moore, OK $224,317 (Jun 26) 24th +0.6% 20th 43% below peers
Huntersville, NC $555,686 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 21st 42% above peers
Victoria, TX $217,561 (Jun 26) 25th +0.5% 22nd 44% below peers
Reston, VA $639,126 (Jun 26) 11th -0.9% 23rd 63% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $1,118,381 (Jun 26) 4th -1.0% 24th 186% above peers
Brentwood, CA $799,857 (Jun 26) 7th -2.5% 25th 104% above peers
Sanford, FL $344,300 (Jun 26) 18th -3.1% 26th 12% below peers
Rowlett, TX $371,639 (Jun 26) 17th -3.3% 27th 5% below peers
Port Orange, FL $339,981 (Jun 26) 19th -3.8% 28th 13% below peers
Brookline, MA $1,111,679 (Jun 26) 5th -4.9% 29th 184% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $628,142 in June 2026, up from $600,342 a year earlier.
$628,142
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Kenner, LA $201,552 (Jun 26) 22nd +12.4% 1st 33% below peers
Brentwood, NY $585,859 (Jun 26) 9th +11.3% 2nd 94% above peers
Lorain, OH $111,370 (Jun 26) 27th +9.2% 3rd 63% below peers
Utica, NY $151,337 (Jun 26) 25th +8.2% 4th 50% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $301,669 (Jun 26) 15th +5.4% 5th on par with peers
West Hartford, CT $363,171 (Jun 26) 14th +5.3% 6th 20% above peers
Lynwood, CA $628,142 (Jun 26) 7th +4.6% 7th 108% above peers
Hamilton, OH $176,003 (Jun 26) 24th +4.5% 8th 42% below peers
San Clemente, CA $1,204,443 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 9th 299% above peers
Bellevue, NE $234,974 (Jun 26) 21st +2.7% 10th 22% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $93,319 (Jun 26) 28th +2.5% 11th 69% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $902,991 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.5% 12th 199% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN $267,898 (Jun 26) 17th +2.3% 13th 11% below peers
Muncie, IN $90,589 (Jun 26) 29th +2.0% 14th 70% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $949,881 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.9% 15th 215% above peers
Waltham, MA $627,268 (Jun 26) 8th +1.8% 16th 108% above peers
Brookline, MA $722,138 (Jun 26) 5th +1.8% 17th 139% above peers
Millcreek, UT $433,444 (Jun 26) 11th +1.6% 18th 44% above peers
Malden, MA $511,942 (Jun 26) 10th +1.3% 19th 70% above peers
Moore, OK $177,056 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.1% 20th 41% below peers
Burnsville, MN $252,223 (Jun 26) 18th +0.1% 21st 16% below peers
Huntersville, NC $400,021 (Jun 26) 12th -0.2% 22nd 33% above peers
Victoria, TX $118,549 (Jun 26) 26th -0.3% 23rd 61% below peers
Reston, VA $396,080 (Jun 26) 13th -1.2% 24th 31% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $864,144 (Jun 26) 4th -1.4% 25th 186% above peers
Brentwood, CA $643,588 (Jun 26) 6th -3.2% 26th 113% above peers
Port Orange, FL $247,460 (Jun 26) 19th -3.7% 27th 18% below peers
Sanford, FL $239,384 (Jun 26) 20th -4.1% 28th 21% below peers
Rowlett, TX $299,498 (Jun 26) 16th -4.3% 29th 1% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.8% then, 47.8% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.1% to 47.8%).
47.8%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Brentwood, NY 80.4% 2nd +7.5pp 1st 27% above peers
Kenner, LA 63.1% 16th +5.8pp 2nd on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 82.2% 1st +5.1pp 3rd 30% above peers
Bellevue, NE 65.5% 14th +3.4pp 4th 4% above peers
Muncie, IN 52.0% 23rd +2.6pp 5th 18% below peers
Port Orange, FL 75.6% 3rd +3.2pp 6th 20% above peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 28th +2.0pp 7th 24% below peers
Sanford, FL 52.0% 24th +2.1pp 8th 18% below peers
Utica, NY 49.7% 26th +1.7pp 9th 21% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 72.5% 6th +1.3pp 10th 15% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 67.1% 12th +1.2pp 11th 6% above peers
Lorain, OH 57.1% 21st +1.0pp 12th 10% below peers
Millcreek, UT 61.4% 17th +0.8pp 13th 3% below peers
Malden, MA 41.3% 31st +0.3pp 14th 35% below peers
Burnsville, MN 64.7% 15th +0.4pp 15th 2% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 74.8% 5th +0.3pp 16th 18% above peers
Hamilton, OH 54.3% 22nd -0.2pp 17th 14% below peers
Moore, OK 67.9% 9th -0.4pp 18th 8% above peers
Reston, VA 60.6% 18th -1.0pp 19th 4% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 72.5% 7th -1.2pp 20th 15% above peers
San Clemente, CA 66.5% 13th -1.5pp 21st 5% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 67.4% 11th -1.6pp 22nd 7% above peers
Four Corners, FL 51.8% 25th -1.3pp 23rd 18% below peers
Victoria, TX 57.9% 20th -1.6pp 24th 8% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 59.0% 19th -2.2pp 25th 7% below peers
Waltham, MA 49.7% 27th -2.0pp 26th 21% below peers
Huntersville, NC 71.7% 8th -3.0pp 27th 14% above peers
Brookline, MA 46.9% 29th -2.1pp 28th 26% below peers
West Hartford, CT 67.4% 10th -3.6pp 29th 7% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 44.6% 30th -2.7pp 30th 29% below peers
Rowlett, TX 75.2% 4th -10.7pp 31st 19% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Cost burden fell 6.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.2% to 47.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.5pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 15.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.2% to 47.8%).
47.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Brentwood, NY 33.4% 14th -14.5pp 1st 3% below peers
Muncie, IN 31.9% 9th -4.9pp 2nd 8% below peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 31st -6.4pp 3rd 38% above peers
Utica, NY 36.1% 21st -3.2pp 4th 4% above peers
Malden, MA 40.7% 27th -3.6pp 5th 18% above peers
Brentwood, CA 38.1% 24th -2.6pp 6th 10% above peers
West Hartford, CT 28.0% 5th -1.6pp 7th 19% below peers
San Clemente, CA 39.5% 26th -2.0pp 8th 14% above peers
Reston, VA 25.9% 2nd -1.1pp 9th 25% below peers
Bellevue, NE 26.0% 3rd -1.1pp 10th 25% below peers
Brookline, MA 37.1% 23rd -1.1pp 11th 7% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 41.4% 29th -1.1pp 12th 20% above peers
Lorain, OH 34.6% 17th -0.2pp 13th on par with peers
North Little Rock, AR 34.6% 16th -0.1pp 14th on par with peers
Huntersville, NC 22.1% 1st +0.1pp 15th 36% below peers
Hamilton, OH 32.9% 11th +1.0pp 16th 5% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 35.6% 19th +1.1pp 17th 3% above peers
Moore, OK 27.4% 4th +1.1pp 18th 21% below peers
Victoria, TX 33.0% 13th +1.3pp 19th 4% below peers
Port Orange, FL 33.9% 15th +1.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Sanford, FL 41.1% 28th +1.8pp 21st 19% above peers
Kenner, LA 35.9% 20th +1.8pp 22nd 4% above peers
Waltham, MA 35.1% 18th +2.0pp 23rd 2% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 36.4% 22nd +2.3pp 24th 5% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 38.7% 25th +2.6pp 25th 12% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 31.3% 8th +3.0pp 26th 10% below peers
Burnsville, MN 32.0% 10th +3.2pp 27th 7% below peers
Millcreek, UT 30.4% 7th +3.2pp 28th 12% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 29.6% 6th +3.9pp 29th 14% below peers
Four Corners, FL 42.3% 30th +5.6pp 30th 22% above peers
Rowlett, TX 33.0% 12th +8.6pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±4.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.2% then, 7.1% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.8% to 7.1%).
7.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Port Orange, FL 2.9% 4th -2.1pp 1st 53% below peers
Millcreek, UT 4.3% 11th -2.3pp 2nd 32% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 10th -1.6pp 3rd 37% below peers
Lorain, OH 9.1% 26th -2.6pp 4th 44% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 8.2% 22nd -2.0pp 5th 30% above peers
Sanford, FL 6.7% 17th -1.5pp 6th 7% above peers
Burnsville, MN 5.6% 14th -1.1pp 7th 12% below peers
Malden, MA 17.5% 29th -2.4pp 8th 177% above peers
Bellevue, NE 3.8% 9th -0.5pp 9th 39% below peers
Victoria, TX 7.2% 19th -0.9pp 10th 15% above peers
Hamilton, OH 8.1% 21st -1.0pp 11th 29% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 5.8% 15th -0.4pp 12th 8% below peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% 5th -0.2pp 13th 50% below peers
Brookline, MA 26.9% 31st -1.8pp 14th 327% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.4% 1st -0.1pp 15th 62% below peers
Muncie, IN 10.6% 27th -0.3pp 16th 68% above peers
Utica, NY 21.9% 30th -0.4pp 17th 247% above peers
Lynwood, CA 7.1% 18th -0.0pp 18th 13% above peers
Brentwood, CA 3.5% 7th +0.1pp 19th 44% below peers
Waltham, MA 8.6% 24th +0.7pp 20th 37% above peers
Kenner, LA 8.3% 23rd +0.7pp 21st 32% above peers
Reston, VA 4.6% 12th +0.5pp 22nd 27% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.5% 13th +0.8pp 23rd 13% below peers
Huntersville, NC 2.8% 3rd +0.5pp 24th 56% below peers
West Hartford, CT 8.9% 25th +1.6pp 25th 42% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 20th +1.4pp 26th 19% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 6.3% 16th +1.4pp 27th on par with peers
Four Corners, FL 3.8% 8th +0.9pp 28th 39% below peers
Brentwood, NY 10.6% 28th +2.9pp 29th 68% above peers
Moore, OK 3.5% 6th +1.1pp 30th 45% below peers
Rowlett, TX 2.4% 2nd +1.1pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
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Uninsured fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.1% to 13.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 17.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.1% to 13.2%).
13.2%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Brookline, MA 1.0% 1st -1.1pp 1st 87% below peers
Utica, NY 3.8% 8th -2.0pp 2nd 52% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.1% 5th -1.5pp 3rd 60% below peers
Brentwood, NY 11.2% 26th -3.8pp 4th 43% above peers
Bellevue, NE 7.6% 15th -2.0pp 5th 3% below peers
Port Orange, FL 8.3% 19th -1.9pp 6th 6% above peers
Waltham, MA 2.9% 4th -0.6pp 7th 64% below peers
Sanford, FL 12.2% 27th -2.5pp 8th 56% above peers
Huntersville, NC 4.9% 11th -0.9pp 9th 37% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 8.8% 21st -1.7pp 10th 13% above peers
Lynwood, CA 13.2% 29th -1.9pp 11th 69% above peers
Muncie, IN 7.8% 16th -1.1pp 12th on par with peers
San Clemente, CA 3.6% 7th -0.4pp 13th 54% below peers
Reston, VA 5.7% 12th -0.5pp 14th 27% below peers
Millcreek, UT 7.1% 14th -0.7pp 15th 9% below peers
Brentwood, CA 2.1% 2nd -0.2pp 16th 73% below peers
Victoria, TX 17.3% 31st -1.0pp 17th 121% above peers
Moore, OK 9.7% 23rd -0.1pp 18th 24% above peers
Kenner, LA 14.5% 30th +0.2pp 19th 85% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.9% 9th +0.1pp 20th 50% below peers
Rowlett, TX 12.3% 28th +0.6pp 21st 57% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 10.3% 24th +0.7pp 22nd 32% above peers
Hamilton, OH 8.4% 20th +0.6pp 23rd 7% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.3% 6th +0.2pp 24th 58% below peers
Malden, MA 4.9% 10th +0.6pp 25th 38% below peers
Lorain, OH 8.1% 18th +1.1pp 26th 4% above peers
West Hartford, CT 2.6% 3rd +0.3pp 27th 67% below peers
Four Corners, FL 10.3% 25th +2.3pp 28th 32% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.1% 22nd +2.7pp 29th 17% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 6.3% 13th +2.3pp 30th 20% below peers
Burnsville, MN 7.9% 17th +4.1pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

33.1%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Castro Valley, CA 19.3% 1st 42% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 21.4% 2nd 35% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.1% 3rd 27% below peers
Malden, MA 24.2% 4th 27% below peers
Brookline, MA 24.4% 5th 26% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 24.8% 6th 25% below peers
San Clemente, CA 25.7% 7th 22% below peers
West Hartford, CT 27.7% 8th 16% below peers
Reston, VA 27.9% 9th 16% below peers
Brentwood, CA 29.1% 10th 12% below peers
Huntersville, NC 29.9% 11th 10% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 30.5% 12th 8% below peers
Millcreek, UT 31.2% 13th 6% below peers
Rowlett, TX 31.7% 14th 4% below peers
Port Orange, FL 32.5% 15th 2% below peers
Lynwood, CA 33.1% 16th on par with peers
Four Corners, FL 33.3% 17th 1% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 18th 1% above peers
Sanford, FL 34.5% 19th 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 35.0% 20th 6% above peers
Burnsville, MN 35.3% 21st 7% above peers
Moore, OK 36.6% 22nd 11% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 37.7% 23rd 14% above peers
Kenner, LA 39.8% 24th 20% above peers
Bellevue, NE 40.3% 25th 22% above peers
Hamilton, OH 40.4% 26th 22% above peers
Victoria, TX 40.6% 27th 23% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 41.1% 28th 24% above peers
Muncie, IN 41.6% 29th 26% above peers
Utica, NY 42.3% 30th 28% above peers
Lorain, OH 44.9% 31st 36% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.9% then, 5.4% now; margin ±2.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 10.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.1% to 5.4%).
5.4%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Port Orange, FL 2.4% 10th -4.3pp 1st 41% below peers
Utica, NY 1.2% 3rd -1.1pp 2nd 70% below peers
Malden, MA 1.4% 5th -0.8pp 3rd 64% below peers
Sanford, FL 6.0% 23rd -3.2pp 4th 48% above peers
Muncie, IN 3.8% 15th -1.5pp 5th 6% below peers
Bellevue, NE 3.4% 13th -1.3pp 6th 16% below peers
Brentwood, CA 0.9% 2nd -0.3pp 7th 78% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.0% 8th -0.6pp 8th 51% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% 12th -1.0pp 9th 20% below peers
Rowlett, TX 9.8% 29th -2.6pp 10th 142% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 16th -1.0pp 11th on par with peers
South San Francisco, CA 1.4% 4th -0.3pp 12th 66% below peers
San Clemente, CA 1.9% 7th -0.4pp 13th 52% below peers
Waltham, MA 2.1% 9th -0.3pp 14th 47% below peers
Lorain, OH 3.5% 14th -0.4pp 15th 15% below peers
Lynwood, CA 5.4% 20th -0.5pp 16th 35% above peers
Millcreek, UT 5.3% 18th +0.2pp 17th 31% above peers
Reston, VA 5.3% 19th +0.4pp 18th 32% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.5% 31st +2.3pp 19th 258% above peers
Brookline, MA 0.4% 1st +0.1pp 20th 90% below peers
West Hartford, CT 1.8% 6th +0.4pp 21st 56% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 5.8% 22nd +1.4pp 22nd 43% above peers
Brentwood, NY 8.6% 28th +2.1pp 23rd 114% above peers
Kenner, LA 7.1% 25th +1.9pp 24th 75% above peers
Moore, OK 7.8% 26th +2.8pp 25th 92% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.1% 11th +1.2pp 26th 23% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.3% 27th +3.2pp 27th 106% above peers
Hamilton, OH 5.5% 21st +3.0pp 28th 37% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.8% 17th +2.8pp 29th 19% above peers
Burnsville, MN 6.8% 24th +5.0pp 30th 69% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.7% 30th +8.1pp 31st 164% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

College attainment rose 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.7% to 9.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 16 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.5% to 9.8%).
9.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
St. Cloud, FL 31.6% 18th +13.3pp 1st 8% below peers
Brentwood, NY 17.2% 28th +4.2pp 2nd 50% below peers
Lynwood, CA 9.8% 31st +2.2pp 3rd 71% below peers
Sanford, FL 29.5% 21st +6.5pp 4th 14% below peers
Port Orange, FL 31.4% 19th +5.6pp 5th 9% below peers
Bellevue, NE 34.5% 16th +6.0pp 6th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 39.3% 13th +6.2pp 7th 14% above peers
Utica, NY 22.4% 26th +3.4pp 8th 35% below peers
Lorain, OH 14.8% 30th +2.1pp 9th 57% below peers
Kenner, LA 29.1% 23rd +4.0pp 10th 15% below peers
Malden, MA 45.1% 9th +6.1pp 11th 31% above peers
Four Corners, FL 35.0% 15th +4.6pp 12th 2% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 40.8% 11th +5.2pp 13th 18% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 59.8% 4th +6.2pp 14th 74% above peers
Muncie, IN 26.1% 24th +2.6pp 15th 24% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 30.6% 20th +3.0pp 16th 11% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 17th +3.2pp 17th 3% below peers
Moore, OK 29.1% 22nd +2.5pp 18th 15% below peers
Millcreek, UT 54.2% 7th +3.6pp 19th 57% above peers
Rowlett, TX 37.9% 14th +2.4pp 20th 10% above peers
San Clemente, CA 53.8% 8th +2.9pp 21st 56% above peers
Waltham, MA 57.3% 6th +3.0pp 22nd 66% above peers
Reston, VA 72.0% 2nd +3.2pp 23rd 109% above peers
Huntersville, NC 57.5% 5th +1.7pp 24th 67% above peers
West Hartford, CT 66.6% 3rd +1.9pp 25th 93% above peers
Brookline, MA 85.4% 1st +1.9pp 26th 148% above peers
Burnsville, MN 39.8% 12th +0.8pp 27th 15% above peers
Hamilton, OH 16.5% 29th +0.3pp 28th 52% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 25.7% 25th -0.1pp 29th 25% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 44.5% 10th -0.3pp 30th 29% above peers
Victoria, TX 20.3% 27th -0.4pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment fell 17.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 44.2% to 27.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±9.4pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 23.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (50.1% to 27.0%).
27.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Hamilton, OH 51.3% 14th +20.4pp 1st 5% above peers
Brentwood, NY 49.9% 15th +18.5pp 2nd 2% above peers
Victoria, TX 52.8% 12th +16.8pp 3rd 8% above peers
Bellevue, NE 43.1% 21st +12.3pp 4th 12% below peers
Rowlett, TX 41.8% 22nd +9.0pp 5th 14% below peers
Reston, VA 76.1% 1st +15.0pp 6th 56% above peers
Waltham, MA 74.0% 4th +13.1pp 7th 51% above peers
Muncie, IN 47.4% 18th +7.4pp 8th 3% below peers
Utica, NY 43.3% 20th +6.5pp 9th 12% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 63.2% 6th +9.0pp 10th 29% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 52.9% 11th +7.5pp 11th 8% above peers
San Clemente, CA 58.7% 7th +5.5pp 12th 20% above peers
Malden, MA 56.2% 8th +5.2pp 13th 15% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 34.5% 25th +3.0pp 14th 30% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 63.9% 5th +2.3pp 15th 30% above peers
Burnsville, MN 48.9% 16th +1.3pp 16th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 28.5% 29th +0.7pp 17th 42% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 53.6% 10th +1.4pp 18th 10% above peers
West Hartford, CT 75.2% 2nd -1.1pp 19th 54% above peers
Huntersville, NC 55.6% 9th -1.7pp 20th 14% above peers
Brookline, MA 74.4% 3rd -2.6pp 21st 52% above peers
Millcreek, UT 47.8% 17th -2.5pp 22nd 2% below peers
Sanford, FL 52.3% 13th -3.4pp 23rd 7% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.9% 26th -3.0pp 24th 31% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 36.0% 24th -5.3pp 25th 26% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.0% 23rd -7.6pp 26th 22% below peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 28th -12.3pp 27th 38% below peers
Brentwood, CA 44.5% 19th -21.5pp 28th 9% below peers
Kenner, LA 30.6% 27th -17.0pp 29th 38% below peers
Lynwood, CA 27.0% 30th -17.1pp 30th 45% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.8% 31st -19.3pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.1% then, 14.4% now; margin ±6.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.5% to 14.4%).
14.4%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
St. Cloud, FL 0.9% 3rd -12.3pp 1st 83% below peers
San Clemente, CA 0.9% 2nd -4.5pp 2nd 85% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.2% 1st -0.7pp 3rd 96% below peers
Sanford, FL 3.7% 8th -6.2pp 4th 35% below peers
Lorain, OH 5.9% 18th -7.1pp 5th 5% above peers
Bellevue, NE 5.2% 14th -3.9pp 6th 9% below peers
Port Orange, FL 5.9% 17th -3.1pp 7th 4% above peers
Huntersville, NC 3.6% 7th -1.0pp 8th 36% below peers
Muncie, IN 3.1% 5th -0.9pp 9th 45% below peers
Kenner, LA 9.1% 22nd -1.9pp 10th 60% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.9% 29th -0.6pp 11th 146% above peers
Victoria, TX 9.7% 25th +1.2pp 12th 71% above peers
Four Corners, FL 6.2% 19th +0.9pp 13th 9% above peers
Brentwood, NY 9.4% 23rd +1.8pp 14th 66% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.6% 13th +1.1pp 15th 19% below peers
Burnsville, MN 5.3% 15th +1.3pp 16th 7% below peers
Utica, NY 14.1% 30th +3.9pp 17th 149% above peers
Waltham, MA 4.3% 10th +1.3pp 18th 24% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 4.1% 9th +1.2pp 19th 27% below peers
Hamilton, OH 10.2% 27th +3.5pp 20th 80% above peers
Lynwood, CA 14.4% 31st +5.3pp 21st 154% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.3% 28th +3.8pp 22nd 82% above peers
Brentwood, CA 4.3% 11th +2.0pp 23rd 23% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.0% 4th +1.4pp 24th 47% below peers
Millcreek, UT 6.7% 21st +3.3pp 25th 18% above peers
Reston, VA 6.2% 20th +3.1pp 26th 10% above peers
West Hartford, CT 5.7% 16th +3.2pp 27th on par with peers
Malden, MA 9.6% 24th +5.4pp 28th 69% above peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% 12th +3.3pp 29th 21% below peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 26th +7.7pp 30th 73% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.6% 6th +3.5pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
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Population fell about 9% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 70,635 to 64,578 - more than the combined survey margin (±97). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (70,789 to 64,578).
64,578
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Four Corners, FL 65,048 8th +54% 1st 1% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65,130 7th +27% 2nd 1% above peers
Bellevue, NE 64,510 17th +21% 3rd on par with peers
Huntersville, NC 63,969 23rd +14% 4th 1% below peers
Malden, MA 65,906 1st +8% 5th 2% above peers
Brookline, MA 63,266 31st +7% 6th 2% below peers
Sanford, FL 63,730 24th +7% 7th 1% below peers
Utica, NY 64,217 21st +6% 8th on par with peers
Reston, VA 64,414 19th +5% 9th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 65,208 6th +5% 10th 1% above peers
Burnsville, MN 64,463 18th +5% 11th on par with peers
Millcreek, UT 63,648 25th +5% 12th 1% below peers
Moore, OK 63,420 29th +4% 13th 2% below peers
Waltham, MA 64,902 12th +3% 14th 1% above peers
Port Orange, FL 64,767 13th +3% 15th on par with peers
Castro Valley, CA 65,001 10th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Brentwood, NY 65,042 9th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Rowlett, TX 65,463 3rd +3% 18th 1% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 65,239 5th +3% 19th 1% above peers
Lorain, OH 65,395 4th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Hamilton, OH 63,468 27th +2% 21st 2% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 63,468 28th +2% 22nd 2% below peers
West Hartford, CT 63,620 26th +1% 23rd 1% below peers
Victoria, TX 65,625 2nd -2% 24th 2% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 64,538 16th -2% 25th on par with peers
San Clemente, CA 63,273 30th -2% 26th 2% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 64,139 22nd -3% 27th 1% below peers
Kenner, LA 64,904 11th -3% 28th 1% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 64,305 20th -5% 29th on par with peers
Muncie, IN 64,751 14th -6% 30th on par with peers
Lynwood, CA 64,578 15th -9% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±80 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
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Children fell 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.2% to 25.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 4.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (29.5% to 25.4%).
25.4%
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Moore, OK 25.7% 4th +1.3pp 1st 20% above peers
Utica, NY 25.4% 5th +0.6pp 2nd 18% above peers
Victoria, TX 25.8% 3rd +0.1pp 3rd 20% above peers
Brookline, MA 18.7% 24th +0.1pp 4th 13% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 21.5% 16th -0.1pp 5th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 26.3% 2nd -0.2pp 6th 22% above peers
Waltham, MA 13.6% 31st -0.1pp 7th 37% below peers
Bellevue, NE 24.2% 7th -0.2pp 8th 13% above peers
Hamilton, OH 23.3% 11th -0.2pp 9th 9% above peers
Burnsville, MN 22.4% 14th -0.4pp 10th 4% above peers
Four Corners, FL 21.1% 17th -0.5pp 11th 1% below peers
West Hartford, CT 21.5% 15th -0.5pp 12th on par with peers
Kenner, LA 23.6% 9th -0.6pp 13th 10% above peers
San Clemente, CA 20.8% 19th -0.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 20.8% 20th -0.8pp 15th 3% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 26.5% 1st -1.3pp 16th 24% above peers
Muncie, IN 15.8% 30th -0.9pp 17th 27% below peers
Lorain, OH 23.5% 10th -1.3pp 18th 10% above peers
Malden, MA 18.2% 26th -1.2pp 19th 15% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 17.2% 28th -1.2pp 20th 20% below peers
Millcreek, UT 20.9% 18th -1.4pp 21st 3% below peers
Reston, VA 18.6% 25th -1.3pp 22nd 14% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.7% 21st -1.7pp 23rd 4% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 17.9% 27th -1.7pp 24th 17% below peers
Rowlett, TX 22.4% 13th -2.5pp 25th 4% above peers
Lynwood, CA 25.4% 6th -2.9pp 26th 18% above peers
Port Orange, FL 16.5% 29th -2.1pp 27th 23% below peers
Huntersville, NC 24.2% 8th -3.7pp 28th 13% above peers
Brentwood, NY 22.5% 12th -3.9pp 29th 5% above peers
Sanford, FL 20.4% 23rd -4.1pp 30th 5% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.6% 22nd -4.5pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children in single-parent families

No better direction Rising
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Single-parent rose 14.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 38.4% to 53.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.3pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 12.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.4% to 53.3%).
53.3%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Laguna Niguel, CA 22.8% 22nd +7.9pp 1st 25% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.0% 19th +7.3pp 2nd 21% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 32.5% 13th +9.6pp 3rd 7% above peers
Lynwood, CA 53.3% 2nd +14.9pp 4th 76% above peers
Huntersville, NC 20.7% 26th +4.3pp 5th 32% below peers
Port Orange, FL 34.0% 10th +6.0pp 6th 12% above peers
Rowlett, TX 23.1% 21st +3.6pp 7th 24% below peers
Reston, VA 23.3% 20th +3.2pp 8th 23% below peers
Lorain, OH 60.4% 1st +5.2pp 9th 100% above peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 16th +1.2pp 10th on par with peers
Hamilton, OH 47.6% 4th +1.7pp 11th 57% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 34.7% 9th +0.5pp 12th 15% above peers
Kenner, LA 38.0% 7th +0.1pp 13th 26% above peers
Bellevue, NE 30.1% 17th -0.1pp 14th 1% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 52.3% 3rd -0.3pp 15th 73% above peers
Muncie, IN 47.5% 5th -0.4pp 16th 57% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 22.4% 23rd -0.4pp 17th 26% below peers
West Hartford, CT 22.4% 24th -0.8pp 18th 26% below peers
San Clemente, CA 15.1% 30th -0.6pp 19th 50% below peers
Brentwood, CA 17.9% 28th -0.7pp 20th 41% below peers
Brookline, MA 14.9% 31st -0.8pp 21st 51% below peers
Four Corners, FL 33.1% 12th -2.2pp 22nd 9% above peers
Brentwood, NY 33.2% 11th -2.9pp 23rd 10% above peers
Utica, NY 46.6% 6th -4.6pp 24th 54% above peers
Victoria, TX 35.3% 8th -3.6pp 25th 17% above peers
Malden, MA 20.8% 25th -2.4pp 26th 31% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 29.5% 18th -3.4pp 27th 3% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 18.8% 27th -2.6pp 28th 38% below peers
Burnsville, MN 30.4% 15th -6.9pp 29th on par with peers
Millcreek, UT 16.0% 29th -3.9pp 30th 47% below peers
Sanford, FL 32.4% 14th -15.1pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (55.8% then, 64.2% now; margin ±10.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.8% to 64.2%).
64.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Kenner, LA 79.3% 1st +20.2pp 1st 12% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 78.8% 3rd +18.5pp 2nd 11% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 74.0% 10th +13.2pp 3rd 5% above peers
Muncie, IN 71.6% 13th +10.7pp 4th 1% above peers
Lynwood, CA 64.2% 24th +8.4pp 5th 9% below peers
Rowlett, TX 69.9% 18th +6.2pp 6th 1% below peers
West Hartford, CT 79.3% 2nd +6.7pp 7th 12% above peers
San Clemente, CA 71.4% 15th +5.9pp 8th 1% above peers
Port Orange, FL 65.9% 22nd +5.1pp 9th 7% below peers
Huntersville, NC 73.8% 11th +5.6pp 10th 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 70.5% 17th +4.5pp 11th on par with peers
Waltham, MA 78.3% 5th +4.6pp 12th 11% above peers
Millcreek, UT 57.3% 30th +3.1pp 13th 19% below peers
Bellevue, NE 71.5% 14th +3.6pp 14th 1% above peers
Lorain, OH 69.7% 19th +3.0pp 15th 2% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 78.4% 4th +2.7pp 16th 11% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65.0% 23rd +1.5pp 17th 8% below peers
Hamilton, OH 75.5% 7th +1.6pp 18th 7% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 73.8% 12th +1.3pp 19th 4% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 61.3% 26th +0.8pp 20th 13% below peers
Utica, NY 60.2% 27th +0.7pp 21st 15% below peers
Sanford, FL 66.4% 21st +0.3pp 22nd 6% below peers
Brookline, MA 74.5% 9th +0.2pp 23rd 5% above peers
Reston, VA 66.7% 20th -1.6pp 24th 6% below peers
Victoria, TX 70.8% 16th -1.8pp 25th on par with peers
Malden, MA 56.3% 31st -1.8pp 26th 20% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 75.3% 8th -3.4pp 27th 6% above peers
Brentwood, CA 60.2% 28th -3.3pp 28th 15% below peers
Burnsville, MN 76.1% 6th -6.4pp 29th 8% above peers
Four Corners, FL 59.6% 29th -7.5pp 30th 16% below peers
Moore, OK 61.3% 25th -9.4pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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